This fall I have been trying to catch up on some of the things I had been meaning to do since we moved to Bristol. The first thing on my list was to finally see the Jack O' Lantern Spectacular at Roger Williams Zoo- which my friend Ariane has been a pumpkin carver at for the past eight or so years. It was beautiful! We also not only had a perfect mild and spooky-moon night, but we were able to get a private tour skipping the crowds through the zoo, following Ari with flashlights through the sleeping red pandas and the eagles which stood eerily alert on the branches. We were even able to get a sneak-peak of the behind-the scenes carving operation laid out in tents behind the exhibition. The theme was decades with a focus on music, so throughout the walk through the brightly lit pumpkins we could hear the sounds of each era of music. We always check Facebook pages of our favorite breweries on weekends when we have some spare hours to waste. Twelve Guns in Bristol had a few small artisan booths, a live band and a stein- hoisting competition, which only our friend Kristen was brave enough to partake in. The following weekend we finally were able to throw our Halloween party at our house complete with a skeleton charcuterie board and the next day we were surprisingly not too hungover! We stopped for brunch at Portside with Brad's family and walked a bit around the town. Later while we were looking for the new Neal Personeus http://www.nealpersoneus.com/ exhibit that was supposed to be in the Herreshoff Marine Museum, we actually poked around the museum and saw some pretty cool wooden boats. It's amazing how the space was used so efficiently- not a corner was wasted. While on a few of my walks I discovered a couple new places like Strawberry Moon in Warren- a shop that mainly sells crystals and tarot cards, but has some assorted plants and even some clothes. I also tried lunch at the new Happy Creperie in Warren- I had the oven turkey breast, spinach and brie- it was delicious! I will definitely go back to try their breakfast crepes.
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